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Sawdust biochar application to rice paddy field: reduced nitrogen loss in floodwater accompanied with increased NH3
Yanfang Feng1,2, Haijun Sun3, Lihong Xue1
1Institute of Agricultural Resources and Environment, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China.
Abstract:
Sawdust biochar (SDB) was for the first time applied to rice paddy field to evaluate its effects on potential nitrogen (N) runoff and ammonia (NH3) volatilization losses in a soil column experimental system. Results showed that total N concentration of surface floodwater under SDB treatments was reduced by 7.29-35.16, 16.34-32.35, and 12.21-28.12% after three split N fertilizations, respectively. Particularly, NH4+-N was decreased by 11.84-27.08, 14.29-36.50, and 2.97-19.64%, respectively. However, SDB addition has no significant influence on NO3--N concentration. Meanwhile, SDB application increased NH4+-N and total N content of top (0-15 cm) soil. Furthermore, these SDB-induced influences were more pronounced for 3 wt% SDB treatments. SDB treatments recorded 3.56-5.78 kg ha-1 higher NH3 volatilization than urea control treatment, which was attributed to the elevated pH values of floodwater and top soil induced by SDB. Fortunately, the yield-scale NH3 volatilization was not increased dramatically.
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